| 1988 |
Born in Rabat, Morroco Lives and works in Brooklyn NY, USA |
| 2012 | BFA, The Cooper Union, New York NY, USA |
| 2011 |
MFA in Animation, Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, France |
Solo Exhibitions
| 2024 |
For My Best Family, Fondazione Prada, Milan, Italy |
| 2023 |
Life on the CAPS, Fondation Kamel Lazaar, Tunis, Tunisia |
| 2022 |
2 Lizards, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York NY, USA Windy, The High Line, New York NY, USA Meriem Bennani: Life on the CAPS, The Power Plant, Toronto, Canada Cursed Objects, C L E A R I N G, Brussels, Belgium Meriem Bennani, Kahlil Joseph, Karrabing Film Collective – Eye Art & Film Prize, The Eye, Amsterdam, Netherlands Life on the CAPS, The Renaissance Society, University of Chicago IL, USA Life on the CAPS, Nottingham Contemporary, Nottingham, England |
| 2021 |
Works from MISSION TEENS, C L E A R I N G, Brussels, Belgium |
| 2020 |
Party on the CAPS, Julia Stoschek Collection, Berlin, Germany |
| 2019 |
Mission Teens, Foundation Louis Vuitton, Paris, France Party on the CAPS, C L E A R I N G, New York NY, USA |
| 2018 |
Siham Hafida, Stanley Picker Gallery, London, England |
| 2017 |
Siham Hafida, The Kitchen, New York NY, USA Ghariba / Stranger, Art Dubai, Dubai, UAE |
| 2016 |
FLY, MoMA PS1, Queens NY, USA |
| 2015 |
Gradual Kingdom, SIGNAL, Brooklyn NY, USA Fardaous Funjab, Stream Gallery, Brooklyn NY, USA |
| 2014 |
Paste, with Hayden Dunham, SIGNAL, Brooklyn NY, USA |
Group Exhibitions
| 2025 |
End of Party, FRAC Corsica, Corte, France |
| 2024 |
don’t worry I won’t forget you, Forma HQ, London, England AraboFuturs, Arts et science-fiction, Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris, France |
| 2023 |
NONMEMORY, Hauser & Wirth, Los Angeles CA, USA My Oma, Kunstinstituut Melly, Rotterdam, The Netherlands Ridykes’ Cavern of Fine Inverted Wines and Deviant Videos, Nottingham Contemporary, Nottingham, England Nonmemory, Hauser & Wirth, Los Angeles CA, USA No Angels, Wilhelm Hallen, Berlin, Germany All That We Have in Common, Museum of Contemporary Art Skopje, Macedonia Baroque, Galerie Champ Lacombe, Biarritz, France Worldbuilding: Gaming and Art in the Digital Age, Centre Pompidou-Metz, Metz, France A Mind Made of Silk, C L E A R I N G, Brussels, Belgium Antéfutur, CAPC Musée d’Art Contemporain, Bordeaux, France Maiden Voyage, C L E A R I N G, New York, USA Watch and Chill 3.0: Streaming Suspense, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea This is New York: 100 Years of NYC, Museum of New York, New York NY, USA Do Arabs Dream of Electric Sheep?, ICD Brookfield Place, Dubai, UAE State of Flux, Silverlens Gallery, New York NY, USA |
| 2022 |
Ghost 2565: Live Without Dead Time, Bangkok, Thailand Barbe à Papa, CAPC Musée d’Art Contemporain, Bordeaux, France Outlaw, Sydney Modern, Sydney, Australia NAFAS, The Invisible Dog Art Centre, New York NY, USA OUT OF SPACE: DUSSELDORF VARIATION, Julia Stoschek Collection, Düsseldorf, Germany One hundred eighty-six billion steps to the sun, C L E A R I N G, New York NY, USA Munich Tienniale, Oslo, Norway M+ Mediatheque Pulling Focus programme, M+, Hong Kong, China Once Upon a Time…, FRAC, Reims, France Il était une fois..., FRAC, Reims, France 3rd Geneva Sculpture Biennial, Geneva, Switzerland WORLDBUILDING: GAMING & ART: 15th Anniversary Exhibition, Julia Stoschek Collection, Dusseldorf, Germany in/stasis, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York NY, USA Love Red & Green: Marrakech Opened My Eyes to Color, Cada De Cadaval, Muge, Portugal Video at Large – Intimacy, Red Brick Art Museum, Beijing, China Role Play, Fondazione Prada, Milan, Italy |
| 2021 |
OFTEN VARY NEVER CHANGE, C L E A R I N G, New York NY, USA Ridykes’ Cavern of Fine Gay Wine and Videos: Hauser & Werk Bitch: Don’t Be Mad At Us!, Hauser & Wirth, New York, USA (curated by Nicole Eisenman and A.L. Steiner) the view from there, Sadie Coles HQ, London, England Grand Ménage, C L E A R I N G, Paris, France In-Between Days: Videos from the Guggenheim Collection, The Guggenheim, New York NY, USA Munch Museum, Oslo, Norway LAX, Public Commission, Los Angeles CA, USA Beyond What We See: Once Upon A Time, Once Upon A Future, Les Abattoirs, Toulouse, France |
| 2020 |
Au-delà des Apparences, Les Abattoirs, Toulouse, France DIS PRESENTS: What Do People Do All Day?, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, København, Denmark Prelude: Melancholy of the Future, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle, Belgium 100 Drawings from Now, The Drawing Centre, New York NY, USA THE SECRET LIFE OF LOBSTERS, C L E A R I N G, Knokke-Heist, Belgium LIFE STILL, C L E A R I N G, New York NY, USA A Love Letter to a Nightmare, Petzel Gallery, New York NY, USA DIS presents: What Do People Do All Day?, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark NO SPACE JUST A PLACE, Daelim Museum, Seoul, South Korea |
| 2019 |
Horology, Jack Hanley Gallery, New York NY, USA (organized by Elixabeth Jaeger and Silke Lindner-Sutti) DOG DAYS, C L E A R I N G, New York NY, USA Whitney Biennial, New York NY, USA (curated by Rujeko Hockley and Jane Panetta) Biennale de l’Image en Mouvement, OGR, Turin, Italy Peel, François Ghebaly, Los Angeles CA, USA |
| 2018 |
The Sound of Screens Imploding, Biennale de l’Image en Mouvement, Centre d’Art Contemporain Genève, Geneva, Switzerland FLY, curated by Neïl Beloufa, Fondation d’entreprise Ricard, Paris, France Siham & Hafida, Biennale de Rennes, Rennes, France MAXXI, National Museum of XXI Arts Rome, Italy LOW FORM Water Pressure, Jaou Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia The Lulennial II: A Low-Hanging Fruit, Lulu, Mexico City, Mexico Eye to Eye, Arsenal Contemporary, New York NY, USA |
| 2017 |
Ghariba/Stranger, Art Dubai, UAE Immigrancy, Samsøñ Gallery, Boston MA, USA Sticky Fingers, Arsenal Contemporary, New York NY, USA alt-facts, Postmasters Gallery, New York NY, USA Commercial Break, Public Art Fund, New York NY, USA |
| 2016 |
Flying House, Shanghai Biennale, Shanghai, China Reality Bytes, Frank F. Yang Art & Education Foundation, Shenzhen, China We Dance, We Smoke, We Kiss, Flax Fahrenheit, Los Angeles CA, USA |
| 2015 |
Unorthodox, The Jewish Museum, New York NY, USA ARA-B- LESS ?, Nour Festival at Saatchi Gallery, London, England Surface Support, SIGNAL, Brooklyn NY, USA Kick in the Door, MANA Contemporary, Jersey City NJ, USA |
| 2014 |
In Light, SIGNAL, Art Basel, Miam Beach FL, USA |
Selected Fellowships and Residencies
| 2015 |
ESKFF Residency, MANA Contemporary, Jersey City NJ, USA |
Public Collections
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Guggenheim Museum, New York NY, USA MoMA Museum of Modern Art, New York NY, USA Whitney Museum of American Art, New York NY, USA |
Awards
| 2019 |
Eye Art & Film Prize, Amsterdam, Netherlands |